Sukumar Muralidharan: Delhi’s censorship may only worsen sectarian violence
Indian government restricts web and text services after clashes
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CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
India’s face-off with Internet freedom
The world’s largest democracy is all too willing to censor the web, says Marta Cooper
PAST EVENT: 5 Sept: Index at the Picturehouse – a preview of Anna Karenina followed by a Q&A with Tom Stoppard and Paul Webster
5 Sept: Index at the Picturehouse – a preview of Anna Karenina + live Q&A with Sir Tom Stoppard
India’s face-off with internet freedom
Although only 10 per cent of India's population is online, a divisive national debate over internet freedom has implications for the country's economic and political growth. In December 2011 journalist Vinay Rai filed a complaint under sections 200...
The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
Padraig Reidy: The strange cyber-utopianism of the internet censor
The mechanics of China’s internet censorship
With 500 million internet users, how does China censor the web? Dinah Gardner explains the Communist Party’s sophisticated online controls
Max Mosley versus the web
Max Mosley has some ambitious ideas for the internet. Speaking briefly at the Leveson Inquiry today, the former motorsports boss outlined his plans for the future regulation of the British press, on which Leveson will make recommendations this...
What?!? Now we're not even allowed to link to the Olympics website?
Padraig Reidy: What?!? Now we’re not even allowed to link to the Olympics website?
Index condemns Russian internet blacklist plan
Russia's Wikipedia and LiveJournal blacked out today to protest a draft law that would allow websites that promote drugs, suicide or contain contain porn or “extremist” materials to be blacklisted without judicial oversight. Activists fear the...
Russia prepares internet blacklist
A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist" materials. The draft law would allow websites to be blacklisted without judicial oversight --- it merely...